The number of people unable to pay their electricity bills rose to almost 320,000 in December last year, an increase of just over 20% on the previous year.

Former US president Bill Clinton is to be questioned by a Congressional panel on his well-documented links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The UK's Green Party has won its first ever parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton, dealing a bitter blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

As latest figures show that almost 320,000 people were in arrears on their electricity bills in December last year, members of the public share their stories on the impact of the struggle to make the payments.

Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" following months of clashes.